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Letters Paten; No. 80,382, dated Juzg 2S, isos.`

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Be it know'n that I, HENRY BARBER, of Greenfield, in the county of Franklin, and State of Massachusetts,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Wood-en Bowls or Trays; and I do hereby 'declare-the following to be a full, clear, and 'enact description oi' the same, reference being had to the accom;- panying drawings, in which-- i i y a Figure 1 is' a perspective View of my machine.V Figure 2 is an elevation of one of the guide-plates detached. Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the carriage with holt attached.

Figure 4 is vertical section of worm-wheeland standard.

- My invention consists in an improvementin the mannerof making oval traysor bowls of wood, byuleans of which they are sawed out from the block inn-feats of three-,or more, as desired; and in order that others may lunderstand the construction and operation of iuymachine, I will proceed to particularly describe it.

In the drawin s, A is a stout frame, of woodor metal of ro er length and hciffht, on the u er surface g s P P s e PP of which'are thestandards or supports of the carriage, the saws'jC C, die., and the mechanism for working the same. The saws C C are made of plates ot' steel, bent around a central point, a, forming concentric rings at equal distances apart, and the ends liromly attached to the plate D.

Thisplate D is, inform, a. segment of about one-ifth part of a circle, and ih pivoted at its centre, a. It has i upon one surface grooves cut of a dep-th s ucent to receive the ends of the saws, and in vwhich they are conned.

Upon the-circumference of the plate D is a lug, o, to which one end of `theconnecting-rod or pitman, P, is

lattached by suitable means. The saws C C`are supported between thetwo arms of the standard E, on the bolta, which serves as a pifvot. Motion is communicated by the cranio-Fand a series of pulleys, or in any other suitable method.

The carriage is supported bythestandards b b', which rise from the frame A, at right angles, and turn forward, so that the slots c c shall be i'nlthe saine' plane as thesaws C C. Through these slots passes the shaft G, to the ends oiwbichsthe guideivay 'pieces H H are attached. Through the ends of'thc standards b b is passed the rod Lilie-'endsprojecting a littledistance 'beyond the standards into the guide-Way grooves (Zd. -V

These guidelwaysfd d, .have fthe same 'cu-rvethat the intended tray or bowl is h o have, taking a longitudinal section, while the cross-'section is ci`x"cularandthey can be made of any desired curve.

To the cuide-wa ieee H and on the out-cr surface is secured the carria'e J on which the block to be z; 1 a i; s

'eut into trays is placed. The plate which forms the carriage J has an elliptical opening i`r1 .it,wl1ich permits the saws C C to pass in and beyond, as the carriage is turned upon the shaft G as a centre. Y

The worm-screw K, working in the cogs onthc periphery of the wheel L, gives to it a slowmotion, which is communicated, to the carriage by meanshf the lever M, which 'is attached t'o the' shaft (and turnsthe car. riage, when it is,so placed as to be caught by-any one of the pins e e on the surface of the-wheel L. This wheel L is supported by the standard N, which is slotted to allow the shaft G to pass through it, aud at the same time'it permits a limitcd'motion to the shaft G in theline of' the slots in the standards b b. On the inner face of this wheel, at equal distances from oneanother and the centre of thc wheel, are thc pins e e, which serve to retain thc lever M while `:he machine is in operation; As the wheel L revolves slowly, it carries this 'lever with it, and the carriage also, until the lever M reaches thc let-olf stopfinscrted in the rod I, wliich,1bci'ng' bent the proper form, turns die lever M from under the pin ,e just before it reaches Vthe rod I, and as the block on the carriage passes beyond thc'saws C C. v

"he lever AM has the end entering the shaft G notched, and there is a spring, 11 which holds the lever in itsl place, when itisfprcsscd up against the face of thewheel L.

The operation olf the Whole machine is very simple and readily understood. The block to be cut into trays being secured to the`carriage J, when l in a. horizontal position the lever M is placed against the" \\'lieel L, so that oneof4 the pins c will catch it as the Ywheel revolves.'4 As the pin-e strikes sog-xsi a the lever M, the carriage J is started and guided by the ends of the rod I in the guiile-way grooves. 'The block is turned through an arc of about one-fourthof n circle 'against the sawssC C, until it passes beyond them, when it is disconnected by the lever M, und the let-o stopf.

The carriage may be reversed, then, by simply pulling the handle of the lever M back withthe hand, and

the same operation repeated. v v y Itis evident that trays -of various patterns and sizes may be sawed out in nests' from a. solid block of wood, by simply changing the curve of the guide-ways.

After removing the rough trays from the carriage, it is necessary to dress them thinner ot the sides than at the ends, to avoid checking of the Woedvwhile drying.

It is also vident that by employing a. different carriage, wooden gutters, Sie., may be out out of solid sticks in nes-ts, 'thereby working a. considerable economy of material.

' t is further evident that the operation ofthe machine ivill not depend upon the number of saws employed I in the gang. l A t Having-thus Adescribed my invention, what I claim as new, is Y v Y Y Y 1. The carriage mounted upon the free rotating shaft G, in combination with the guide-plates H H' and guide-pin I, or the equivalents of' these parts, to give the said omringen combined rotary-:ind rectilinear movement, substantially as Vand for the purpose described. A

2. In combination with the carriage J, constructed and operated substantially as described, the concentric sans C C, fixed .upon 'a single vibnating head-block, D, andplnced, the one directly under the other, so that the bolt may move to the saws in a. curved line, without causing the saws to cramp each other.'

' 3.v In combination with the free shaft G, guide-plates H H', and guide-pin I, or their equivalents, thel wheel L, provided with the pins .e e, and the lever lll and letoii'f, substantially as and for' tliepurposo described.

HENRY BARBER.

Witnesses W. N. GRANT, Criss. S. STETsoN. 

